Xia Xi paused briefly.
That name sounded oddly familiar...
"Xia Xi," the boy gave his name.
Seeing the puzzled look on the other person's face.
Only then did he explain in a southern accent, "I'm from the Asia-Pacific Region of the Earth Federation... Hmm, at this time, it should be called Yan Country."
"Huh? You're from Yan Country too, Kurumaji?"
The young man's eyes instantly lit up.
"You can just call me Xia Xi."
Li Yu nodded. Although he had been somewhat mentally prepared for the emergence of high-level supernatural abilities, he was still a little surprised. But after thinking it over carefully, he accepted it. After all, these countries had populations numbering in the hundreds of millions. With so many people, the emergence of a group of ability users was nothing particularly extraordinary.
"Are you short of silver, Lord Li? I happened to bring some today, especially as a token of respect for you." Abandoning his earlier condescending composure, Zhu Da wore a fawning smile as he pulled several banknotes from his sleeve and deftly handed them to Li Li.
But at that moment, Dallas did not dare close his hand and crush Murong Lotus as he had done when killing Li Luanqing, because Venerable Lanting was also within that telekinetic force. Closing his hand would mean crushing Venerable Lanting as well, no different from killing him with his own hands.
Seeing increasingly obvious signs of life in Wu Yi, the foreign doctor had no time to marvel at the wonders of traditional Chinese medicine and herbs. He began treating Wu Yi's wounds using his own Western medical techniques.
The four elders seated below turned pale. They understood what was at stake, but they were too embarrassed to do anything so shameless.
Everyone stood along the edge of the